{"id":173124,"date":"2018-02-20T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/173124\/seniors-celebrate-valentines-day\/"},"modified":"2018-02-19T14:38:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T12:38:04","slug":"seniors-celebrate-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/02\/20\/seniors-celebrate-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Seniors celebrate Valentine\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Corrie Oberholzer retirement flats in Dinwiddie held a special Valentine\u2019s Day lunch for the residents on Wednesday, and they were visited by a surprise guest.<\/p>\n<p>The residents welcomed their honoured guest, Ward 37 councillor Tiaan Kotze, who joined them for the Valentine\u2019s festivities dressed in red and white to fit the day\u2019s theme.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_173126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173126\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-173126\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_61375-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_61375-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_61375-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_61375-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_61375.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-173126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ward 37 councillor Tiaan Kotze celebrates Valentine&#8217;s Day with the residents of the Corrie Oberholzer retirement flats on Wednesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe thank everyone for coming, especially Tiaan, Odette Ashby for the photos and for putting together the lucky draw, as well as Marie Greyvenstein for donating the ice-cream,\u201d said Rieka van Nieuwenhuizen, one of the event organisers.<\/p>\n<p>Marie van der Westhuizen was the winner of the lucky draw competition, while Cathy Delport won best dressed woman and Daan van Breda won best dressed man.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-173124 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/02\/20\/seniors-celebrate-valentines-day\/attachment\/07gcngeneralcarr_83868\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_83868-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-173127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_83868-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_83868-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_83868-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_83868.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-173127'>\n\t\t\t\tThe lucky draw winner at the Corrie Oberholzer retirement flats Valentine\u2019s Day event, Marie van der Westhuizen, gives us a peek at her winnings.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/02\/20\/seniors-celebrate-valentines-day\/attachment\/07gcngeneralcarr_05622\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_05622-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-173129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_05622-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_05622-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_05622-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_05622.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-173129'>\n\t\t\t\tCathy Delport was named best dressed woman at the Corrie Oberholzer retirement flats Valentine\u2019s Day event in Dinwiddie on Wednesday.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/02\/20\/seniors-celebrate-valentines-day\/attachment\/07gcngeneralcarr_15384\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_15384-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-173125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_15384-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_15384-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_15384-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNGENERALCARR_15384.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-173125'>\n\t\t\t\tShy best dressed man Daan van Breda enjoys his time at the Valentine&#8217;s Day lunch at Corrie Oberholzer retirement flats.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>ALSO READ:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/173193\/lots-of-love-for-rest-a-while-members\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lots of love for Rest-a-While members<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/150151\/a-call-for-new-members\/\">Join the fun at Rest-a-While<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a 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